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Left of Orc Tower Rock Climbing
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Routes in Left of Orc Tower
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Coach's Fables T,S 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a |
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Front Line Assignment T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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Jonah Benkert's World Famous Homemade Humble Pie S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Tales From Zahajko T,S 5.11c 6c+ 24 VIII- 24 E4 6a |
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Tour of Duty T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c |
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47.82, -121.569
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Access Issue: 2017 Seasonal Raptor Closure: UTW from waterfall to Golden Arch
Details
2017 Seasonal Raptor Closure at Index through July 15: routes from the waterfall to the Golden Arch on the Upper Town Wall are closed for the peregrine falcon nesting season. This includes the following routes: Waterway, Technicians of the Sacred, and lower pitches of Good Girls Like Bad Boys and Sisu.
Each year, Washington Climbers Coalition partners with WA State Parks and WA DFW to monitor the Index Town Walls for nesting raptors. When hiking or climbing outside this closure buffer, avoid disturbance, keep noise to a minimum, and use your best judgment to gauge and mitigate your impact.
Each year, Washington Climbers Coalition partners with WA State Parks and WA DFW to monitor the Index Town Walls for nesting raptors. When hiking or climbing outside this closure buffer, avoid disturbance, keep noise to a minimum, and use your best judgment to gauge and mitigate your impact.
Description
A huge wall sometimes called the quarry area by older climbers. Generally clean, dry, and exposed. The top of the wall ends near the base of the Mid Wall, providing several walk-off possibilities.
Prior to 1982, it had a huge roof near the top (with a bold A4 route out it), but in the winter of that year, the roof fell down, depositing the huge boulders below. Now, except for the huge chimney route on the very left end, the wall is reported to be quite solid.
The top of the wall is one of two places at Index used by BASE jumpers, the other being the central part of the Upper Town Wall.
Prior to 1982, it had a huge roof near the top (with a bold A4 route out it), but in the winter of that year, the roof fell down, depositing the huge boulders below. Now, except for the huge chimney route on the very left end, the wall is reported to be quite solid.
The top of the wall is one of two places at Index used by BASE jumpers, the other being the central part of the Upper Town Wall.
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